Blackwater Bridge Act, 1873

Valuation of bridge property.

3. Whenever for the purpose of repairing or rebuilding the said bridge across the River Blackwater at or near Foxhole and the town of Youghal, and opening the same free from toll, the Grand Juries of the said counties of Cork and Waterford shall, under the provisions of any Act or Acts them in that behalf enabling, proceed to purchase or take the property of the Commissioners under “The Blackwater Bridge Act, 1828,” or of any other person in the said bridge, and the tolls thereof, the valuator appointed under the provisions of the Bridges Act, in estimating and awarding the value of such property and the purchase money and compensation to be paid for the same, shall proceed as follows: he shall estimate the value of the materials of which the said bridge, and the toll-house, gate, bars, and all posts, rails, and fences appertaining to the same, are composed, and he shall set forth in his award the price to be paid for the said materials, and such price as stated in such award, or if such award is appealed against under the provisions of the Bridges Act such price as is awarded on such appeal shall, for the purposes of the Bridges Act and of this Act, be deemed to be and shall be the amount to be paid as the price and compensation for the purchase and taking of such property as aforesaid.